07/09/2026
There comes a time in our evolution and maturation journey where we realize that simply naming the harmful patterns and dynamics causing us to experience dis-ease is not enough. There comes this inevitable next step. We've gone through all the shock and horror and rage and grieving and disorientation and deconstruction and we've come to terms with the fact that there is such brokenness in our world, in our selves, and in the people we were supposed to love and were supposed to love us but didn't or don't at times. We grapple with the shocking and exquisitely painful systems intentionally designed to create power imbalances and oppress and we come to accept that no matter how we strive we can't eradicate injustice completely. There comes this moment of realizing we have to learn to hold hope while also looking despair bravely in the face. Something deeper is required at that point than the old tools and frameworks we relied on.
After the caterpillar liquefies itself from the inside out, it reforms into a butterfly.... But once she emerges from her cocoon, she no longer eats the same food she did before. She's still herself but also radically not. Now she has to learn a new way to live and move in the world. So too do we once we reach this phase of our journey.
The work I do is for those individuals and couples looking for that next step, that next process. It's setting down control, surrendering to the divine, and looking inward in new and often paradoxical ways that then allow us to flow out unconditional love and actually move with the power to create the very transformation we so desperately wanted but couldn't influence before.
We like the symbology of the butterfly, we love to use the word "transformation" - but we don't speak much about the gritty realities of that process - it's a literal death of one way of being and a rebirth into a new one. It's messy, it's lonely, painful, and often can be quite scary! We don't have to do it all alone though. If you're looking for a guide on your journey of transformation, I'm here to walk with you.
If you'd like to hear more about my journey of transformation to see what I mean, check out the new episodes of Season Two on my podcast Power Back Here!
https://open.spotify.com/show/70le4eKyt5VNH1G7X9y8UU?si=b03a2691108e40a4
Podcast · Megan Conrad Anaya, MSW, RM · Power Back Here is a gently Christ‑centered, trauma‑informed podcast for survivors and couples healing from abusive and high‑control relationships, including harmful therapeutic, religious, spiritual and cult experiences. This is not “in your face”...
